I used to have a drier from the late 90s which dried my clothing in one go. The one I have now takes 3 or 4 goes. Apparently the new one is more efficient but I don’t understand how that can be.
Wouldn’t it take up more energy due to the extra cycles?
edit- I would really appreciate it if someone explained how the drier is more efficient than my old one instead of questioning my laundering habits. I clear the lint trap and load small loads. I even switch the settings to “most dry”. I’m not the issue here. This “high efficiency” drier is.
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I would check the vent from the dryer to the outside to see if there is a clog. Also those wool dryer balls are awesome though a bit noisy.
i don’t think there’s a more efficient thing to use electricity on than drying. unless your old dryer was gas and you went electric, i don’t think there’s anyway to say a heating element is anymore efficient on a new dryer than one from the 90s. converting electricity to heat is an incredibly efficient process in and of itself. maybe the drum being direct driven by a brushless dc motor is more efficient than a older brushed motor with a belt? like that could perhaps get some more efficiency into it.
I have one of the heat-pump ventless dryers, what I found is the clothes do feel wet right when the dryer finishes because of the high humidity in the dryer but will feel dry by the time you finish folding/hanging them.
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>edit- I would really appreciate it if someone explained how the drier is more efficient than my old one instead of questioning my laundering habits. I clear the lint trap and load small loads. I even switch the settings to “most dry”. I’m not the issue here. This “high efficiency” drier is.
People can’t explain how it’s more efficient when your drier isn’t working as designed lol
I think the bottom line here is that your energy efficient dryer should not take multiple cycles. That’s why people are trying to troubleshoot it for you. If it’s still under warranty try calling customer service and see about getting a replacement dryer.
Your dryer is probably using a sensor to tell when the clothes are dry, and it sounds like that sensor might not match with your own senses, meaning that when the dryer thinks things are dry, they still feel damp to you. Can you set a time-based cycle instead of a dryness-based one? So instead if setting it to “more dry”, set it to run for 60 minutes. Then experiment until you find the length of time that actually gets things dry and use that every time.
I don’t know if it will help you, but I had the same issue and what fixed it is clearing the hose that leads to the outside. It was full of lint and had probably never been cleaned. It’s a $14 cleaning kit from your local home depot and watch a few youtube videos on it. (I also just put a leafblower down the hole and watched all the lint fly out)
It’s not–like most modern high efficiency appliances, they measure only usage at the wall outlets and completely ignore other things like usage patterns and the entire production supply chain on these pieces of failure-prone equipment that don’t last nearly as long as their ‘inefficient’ cousins of yesteryear.
Just a note. Any time this starts happening with my dryer, it’s because the vent is clogged at the exit. (There is a little plastic grill on the wall outside of my house and it gets clogged pretty often).
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